Her stride
still looks as easy as ever, and she's still one of the best at what she does.

Ajee'
Wilson, the track superstar from Neptune, is still a teenager -- she turns 19 on May 8 -- but she ran effortlessly with some of the best female
athletes in the world while helping Team USA to another Penn Relays victory.

Wilson, running for the USA Red team, was handed the baton in
first place, turned in a crackling 2:03.1 on the third leg, and handed off in
first as teammate Alysia Montano cranked out a 1:58.6 to win the 4x800-meter
relay USA
vs. the World race in 8:04.31 on Saturday at Franklin Field.

The winning
time broke the American record by a whopping 13 seconds.

"I was just
happy to be a part of this team because at first it was back and forth whether
or not I would run, so I was happy to be at Penn again," Wilson said. "This is one of my favorite
meets."

Lea Wallace
led off for USA Red with a 2:02.0 and Brenda Martinez clocked a 2:00.6.

On Wilson's leg, she was followed closely by Kenya's Hellen
Obiri until the Kenyan tried to make a move in the middle of the backstretch on
their second lap. As many of New Jersey track
fans are accustomed to seeing, Wilson responded
with her signature kick, leaving Obiri to trail the former Neptune
star.

Wilson, whose last appearance against
international competition came when she won the World Junior 800 title last
July, showed no fear of her new competition, striding through the turn and down
the straight with first place secure.

"I ran
third leg and I got the baton in first, so I was, 'Okay, don't mess this up,' "
Wilson said. "I
think the last lap, one of the runners challenged me and I was like, 'No, you
can't.' "

Wilson is not even a year removed from her
high school graduation and yet she is as poised as ever, on and off the track. The
soft-spoken teenager left it to her teammates to praise the young up-and-coming
USA
star.

"I am so proud
of her," said Montano, a four-time USA outdoor champion. "I know it
can be nerve-wracking in that sort of environment to control your nerves and
perform, so yeah, I am very proud of her.''

Wallace, 24,
is a former All-American from SacramentoState. She, like Wilson, donned the USA
singlet for the first time Saturday, and glowed about Wilson's poise in light of her experience at
the international level.

"I like to
call her the silent assassin,'' Wallace said. "She's so shy and quiet, and it's
a scary thing when you get the baton in the lead. For someone her age to
perform like that in those conditions is amazing."